Чеськомовні часописи Карпатської України 1938–1939 рр.: тематичні пріоритети й авторське коло

Vasyl Gabor

doi:10.37222/2786-7552-2025-6-3

Authors

Vasyl Gabor Research Institute for Press Studies Vasyl Stefanyk National Scientific Library of Ukraine in Lviv (Lviv, Ukraine) https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5482-4529

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37222/2786-7552-2025-6-3

Keywords:

Czech-language publications of Carpathian Ukraine, thematic and typological analysis, ideological orientation

Abstract

For the first time, a study has been conducted on four Czech-language periodicals of Carpathian Ukraine: «Karpato-Ukrajinská Svoboda» (1939), «Přehledy z Karpatské Ukrajiny» (1939), «Karpato-Ukrajins’ka Presa» (1939), and «Ukrajinské Actuality» (1938–1939), which previously had not been the subject of specialized analysis by Ukrainian researchers due to their absence in domestic libraries.

The aim of the study is a comprehensive analysis of these publications in terms of their type, editorial boards, predominant thematic focus, and authorship. To achieve this, the following tasks were undertaken: searching for Czech-language periodicals in library and archival collections, conducting a thematic and problem-oriented analysis of their content, and identifying the composition of editorial boards and the circle of contributors.

The novelty of the research lies in the introduction into scholarly discourse of four Czech-language periodicals from the era of Carpathian Ukraine, identified and examined de visu. It has been established that during the period of the Second Czechoslovak Republic (1938–1939), four Czech-language publications were issued in Carpathian Ukraine: «Karpato-Ukrajins’ka Presa», published by the government of the Carpatho-Ukrainian state in Prague; «Karpato-Ukrajinská Svoboda», founded by the Czech-Ukrainian Society in Prague; «Přehledy z Karpatské Ukrajiny», published by the Czech National Council in Carpathian Ukraine in Khust; and «Ukrajinské Actuality», established by the joint-stock printing company «Zadruga» in Prague. These publications actively involved prominent Ukrainian and Czech scholars, public figures, and journalists, including Volodymyr Zborovskyi, Vikentii Shandor, Yulian Revai, František Tichý, Jiří Hajevský, Růžena Esenská, Jan Brandeis, and others.

It has been determined that all four periodicals advocated for closer ties between the Czech and Carpathian Ukrainian communities within the federative Czechoslovak Republic, covering the history of Carpathian Ukraine, the activities of its government, the elections to the first Soim, and the region’s development with the active participation of the Czech national minority.

Author Biography

Vasyl Gabor, Research Institute for Press Studies Vasyl Stefanyk National Scientific Library of Ukraine in Lviv (Lviv, Ukraine)

PhD in Philology, Senior Research Fellow

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